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The federal government has paid $ 4.5 billion for a pipeline that could only cost $ 3.6 billion, and a delay of more than a year or an increase in (probable) construction costs will cost an additional $ 1 billion to taxpayers. This is the result of a new study by the Parliamentary Budget Officer […]

The federal government is providing $ 40 million in funding to Nokia’s research center in the Ottawa area to develop 5G cellular network technology, as its direct competitor Huawei is at the center of a diplomatic quarrel between Canada and China. Canadian Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains took advantage of the Davos World Economic Forum to […]

The Ottawa Police Service is asking for the public’s help in finding missing a missing man, Alexxandr Stelmaschuk. The 27-year-old was last seen on December 31, 2018 in the Bells Corners area and is also known to frequent Gatineau. Police say his family is concerned for his safety. Stelmaschuk is described as: – Caucasian man […]

The Supreme Court has just given the go-ahead to the federal government to create its own supervisory regime for financial markets across the country, despite Quebec’s challenges. In a unanimous decision on Friday morning, the Supreme Court defeated Quebec all the way, worried that the project would play in the legal waters of the province. […]

Police present at the crash site of the Cessna aircraft used drones to photograph the scene. A plane crashed on the ground Sunday morning near Ottawa after hitting another in full flight. His pilot died instantly. The police closed Sunday a portion of McGee Road, near the town of Carp, 25 km west of Ottawa, where […]

Even before cannabis is legalized in Canada, a report by the CD Howe Institute is already predicting tax losses of about $ 800 million in the first year of legalization, due to a shortage of supplies that will benefit the country. black market. In the report titled Cannabis Countdown: Estimating the Size of Illegal Markets and […]

OTTAWA – Researchers have found that tick populations are more prevalent than they had thought in the Ottawa area and in some places, one in three carries the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. This is the result of an ongoing study by Manisha Kulkarni and Roman Kryuchkov, researchers at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of […]

Jean-François Lisée recognizes that the federal government has a legal “right of scrutiny” over the immigration thresholds, but is willing to lead the legal and political battle if Ottawa challenges a downward revision in the number of economic immigrants admitted annually in Quebec. “I am also a lawyer, I can read the texts, but I […]

His cocaine was sold on the Ontario market A trafficker from Blainville was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Ottawa on Wednesday for fueling the drug market in the federal capital region. Fifty-five-year-old Michel Pedneault played an “important role” in a network that dropped several kilograms of cocaine in Ottawa and several cities in […]

OTTAWA | The head of the federal public service orders the implementation of a package of measures to stem harassment at work.Lack of civility, bullying, sexual harassment, physical abuse: Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council Office, reminds in a report released this week that nearly one in five public servants say they have experienced some […]

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Saturday that she will resume the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as soon as possible with the United States and Mexico, according to Canadian media reports. “We are ready to move as fast and as intensively as possible,” she said in a teleconference from […]

OTTAWA – The federal government has left unanswered several recommendations to improve the health and financial security of veterans, says the veterans ombudsman in a report released Tuesday. In his Bulletin 2018, Ombudsman Guy Parent notes that 18 out of 64 recommendations issued by his office in the last ten years have been ignored. The government […]

OTTAWA | A few months after unveiling a bill to tighten gun control, Ottawa is still considering new measures to further regulate access to these guns. This was revealed by Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety Canada, two days after Sunday’s shooting in Toronto, which led to the death of two people. On Monday, the mayor of […]

OTTAWA – Contrary to what the Ottawa police had previously announced, Jesse Mooney, a 24-year-old man arrested on Monday after apparently attempting to attack a ceremonial guard on Parliament Hill, will not finally face justice in this file. In addition, the Ottawa Police Service reported that Jesse Mooney was already wanted for an armed attack […]

OTTAWA – The federal government on Monday called for a review of US tariffs on Canadian solar panels under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Last February, the United States imposed tariffs of 30% on imports of solar panels. “The duties violate the NAFTA rules and were imposed despite the fact that the US […]